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Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues
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That is interesting. I once worked in a lab who were working on an artificial pancreas (about 30 years ago). Never heard any more of it. Actually with miniaturisation being what it was then (mobile phones were about the size of shoeboxes), it must have been a looooong way from being a viable end product.
There's a card some Japanese people have to carry to show the police when they get stopped; they have a metabolic error which synthesises alcohol in their body and pushes them over the official limit.:eek:
It is now the NICE approved treatment for type 1 diabetes. A colleague has one and it saves her many jabs a day.0 -
Are they safe to drive, though?
Apparently so, it gets them off risk of prosecution. It's their permanent metabolic state. Haven't a clue how they behave etc. but I believe they're sober despite that amount of booze circulating.It is now the NICE approved treatment for type 1 diabetes. A colleague has one and it saves her many jabs a day.
I didn't know that- I wonder if it was my colleagues' team that developed it.There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
Do you have a link for that? Sounds fascinating.Apparently so, it gets them off risk of prosecution. It's their permanent metabolic state. Haven't a clue how they behave etc. but I believe they're sober despite that amount of booze circulating.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.
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Lir - having my once-in-a-while Saturday night trying on some shoes that I've bought and never worn
You mentioned your kitchen stilettos were on their way out... Have you seen Melissa shoes?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_6_8?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=melissa%20shoes&sprefix=melissa+%2Caps%2C201&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Amelissa%20shoes
I have shoes like those. Not hearts, a Vivienne Westwood stamp. I was thinking about ebaying them. They're lovely but not the most comfortable for me and I don't wear heels often enough that I end up choosing a different pair to wear.Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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What is mindfullness?
It's the practice of quietening the mind and being in the present. It's not necessarily meditation but I like Andy Puddicombe; his description of the sky always being blue above the clouds works for me. We're all quiet inside, it's just hard to find it with all the thinking we do.
http://www.getsomeheadspace.com/
If you have something to download an app onto then there is a free 10 day course of guided mindful meditation. I really like his voice. 10 minutes is manageable for nearly everyone.Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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Do you have a link for that? Sounds fascinating.
I think it's called endogenous ethanol production and appears to be rare but it was documented in Japan in 1972 . Well before the internet..
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/10/how-you-can-brew-beer-in-your-own-digestive-tract/
and http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2677/designated-drunk
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10976182
Have some info but I'm not sure how relaible it is. It's not common, or found outside Japan, or regarded as a disease AFAIK.There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
Hi all - sorry not to have checked in earlier. Baby all fine, happy, bouncing around and being a bit difficult to check!
The doctor doing the scan is part of a research project at University College Hospital, and spent a while checking the placenta and so forth for problems that caused the bleeding, and a while longer checking hte blood flow in and out of the placenta and so forth. The whole scan took about 55 minutes, which I'm sure is longer than my 12 week scan with Isaac. The nuchal results came back as a 1 in 15,000 chance of Down's Syndrome, and a lower risk for the other genetic problems they check for.
She reckoned the bleeding's not sinister, that the baby was happy, healthy, right for dates, and generally perfectly OK.
Once OH and I got home, my Dad collected us in a cab and took us to the station, carrying all my bags, and we had a lovely out-of-doors harvesting stuff and bonfire night weekend, and I didn't so much as touch a computer.
I'm going to bed soon, so will catch up on the thread tomorrow....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
Glad to hear you and baby are OK but 55 minutes for a scan - don't you have to start it with a full bladder??neverdespairgirl wrote: »The whole scan took about 55 minutes, which I'm sure is longer than my 12 week scan with Isaac.0 -
Apparently (according to the doctor) that "full bladder" stuff is sooooo 10 years ago, and the GP's note telling me to have a full bladder is just out of date, so she let me nip off to the Ladies first, otherwise it would have been pretty nasty....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
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Phew, what a relief NDG!
Ex hubby has been in town for two days now, we've not heard from him at all as yet. No idea when he is going to have the boys, he can't see them during the day as they are back at school tomorrow, so that leaves just evenings....and youngest has got exams this week so needs the revision/relax/destress time.
Great planning on his part eh? Half term was last week but apparently, this works out better for everyone.....huhWe made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.0
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